The flavor is so intensely vanilla you’d never know this lone bean has been shoved in three different pantries for the last 3 years because I refused to throw out the $7.32. I bought it from Whole Foods when we lived in Florida. The sell by date said 2007. Somebody call Hoarders, I bet that right there would qualify me.

How I didn’t slice a finger off scraping out that vanilla bean goodness from the dry as a bone bean is a complete miracle but totally worth the risk. I didn’t have to use any sugar, just a drop of maple syrup (which in retrospect you could totally omit) because the vanilla flavor from the bean was so sweet. Such a good use of 3 years of patience and $7.32.

Why wheatberries? Well why the heck not?

If you’ve never tried them, get yourself to a bulk bin ASAP. If you’re dying to make this and have none on hand, I’ll allow for a one time brown rice substitution, but only once! Promise?

I’ve decided wheatberries are my favorite grain. It was a toss up between millet and them for awhile but this sealed the deal. Their chew is just fun and they’re so versatile. I cooked up a big batch of them when I made this and ate them in cereal, yogurt, mixed in with oatmeal, used them in a salad…the possibilities are endless. Can’t really say the same thing about rice, can you?

Oh, and then there’s the orange and rum I mentioned in the title I finally decided on. Those are like the best supporting actors ever.

you had me at spiked and I knew this was gonna be something gooood. I have never heard of or had wheatberries — look at you, always introducing me to new thannngs, me likey! This pudding looks great and hearty for breakfast….with or without the rum — hey, everyone needs a kickstart for the day, right?

This looks like breakfast to me!! I’ve never tried wheatberries but after your recommendation, I definitely will! Always looking for different grains to try and the recipe looks great. P.S. I’dda done the same with the vanilla bean ;) Looks like you got your $7.32 out of it!

depends if that fun drunk ends up being the person I have to carry home from the bars at 2am ;) which I’m totally used to at this point. I’ve never had wheatberries but always imagine they have an incredibly chew factor kind of like short grain brown rice, mmm!

I almost ordered two vanilla beans from an online site the other day but they wanted like $15 bucks for 2 and I got el cheapo and removed from online shopping cart. Now I wish I hadn’t! 2007 & many moves later..that is something I would do :)

It’s never too late to discover a great read. But think of it as “just in time on the uptake”. With the third book just coming out last year you don’t have to agonize about what’s going to happen next and just gobble them up one after another. And IMHO gobbling them up is the right way to approach this material. Have fun.

You sure love your wheatberries, don’t you. I wanna kick myself because I was gonna get some at the grocery store last weekend, but I didn’t because I wouldn’t know what to do with them. Never tried them before. Then, you posted this! I will be sure to pick them wheatberries this weekend.

I don’t believe I have ever had a wheat berry. Although there was something that looked like it in this salad I just had and if they are one in the same, then I agree…fantab. I like your idea about adding them to everything…now where to find them…..

I already wanted to make this, but the Hunger Games reference set it in stone. I read the whole series twice in a week (I read really fast so I re-read to make sure I didn’t miss anything the first time)(the number of times I’ve read Harry Potter is just embarrassing). I will get myself to a bulk bin. I’m kind of guessing I won’t need a bow.

Yum! I love wheatberries! Never thought to use ’em in dessert. You hooked me with rum!

Sometimes I put rum in my oatmeal before going to work. Look, if you worked with the lunatics that I work with, you would too. Not a ton of rum, but just a touch. And sometimes I put Bailey’s in my coffee too. Ok, this is getting embarrassing. I’m out.

You need to make this for me,! afterall, I made you Ina’s rum raisin rice pudding for your birthday dessert last year! and like mother like daughter….wheatberries are my favorite grain too. love the chewiness.